[mythtv-users] ION Mobo with ability to have firewire?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu Jul 1 22:20:14 UTC 2010


On Thursday, July 01, 2010 04:07:39 pm Jarod Wilson wrote:

> > 
> > PCI slots are disappearing fast, Intel has decreed they are obsolete.
> > I've not yet seen a PCI-Express 1X firewire card,
> 
> I have several. Some of them I've had for well over a year (possibly
> closer to 2). :)

Of course you are more likely to get access to new hardware than I am :-)

Glad to hear they are available. A lot of the PCI cards were Firewire/USB combos, but I guess just about any motherboard 
these days has USB 2.0 (if not 3.0) on board.

A firewire/serial combo would be nice too, serial ports are getting hard to find, and the lirc-based blasters can't use the 
USB serial adapters.

Thanks for pointing out that you can put an x1 card in an x16 (or x4, or x8) slot. Many people don't realize this.

Though firewire is disappearing, even from some Macs, I think it will stick around just for the DV cameras if nothing else, 
to the benefit of Mythers everywhere.



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